Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems

Civilization:

Name:


Theme
How does this theme apply to your civilization?
Agricultural and pastoral production
  • The vast amounts lf silt that the indus river valley deposited made agriclture possible in India.
  • farmers grew wheat, barley, and even cotton.
  • Because of the surpluses of crops, it allowed for massive population growth.
Trade and Commerce
  • They exported pottery, tools, and decorations.
  • While gold, silver, copper, lead, gems, and senipreciuos stones were important from surrounding empires.
  • these goods were mostly transported by way of ship and water.
Labor Systems
  • Any laber systems they had were probably related to the caste system in India.
  • If someone was in a specific a specific caste they were limited to certain jobs.
Industrialization
  • The buildingsof societies in the Indus river valley could be interpreted as industrialization
  • This is because there weren't that many people needed for farming and were able to persue other technologies.
Capitalism and socialism
  • some examples of capitalism is when potters, blacksmiths, and other craftsmen would sell their products and trade with other empires.
  • socialixm doesn't exist in India because no one can move up to a higher class, they are borninto a certain class and will stay that way forever.